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INTERNET
Learning Objectives
• The Internet
• World Wide Web
• How the Web Works? INTERNET
• Using Web Browser
• Using URLs
• Services of Internet
Yesterday, I saw that my elder brother 99
reading an article about Internet and its uses. Can you tell me something
about the Internet and its uses?
Sure! Today we will learn about the Internet and how we use it for different
purposes.
The Internet is a computer network that connects hosts and end systems throughout the
world. It is different from the traditional telephony network and bears some remarkable
resemblance to the postal system. Today, the Internet connects thousands of networks
and millions of users around the world. It is a huge, cooperative community with no central
ownership.
The Internet
The seed of the Internet was planted in 1969 when the Advanced Research Projects
Agency (ARPA) of the United States Department of Defense began connecting computers
at different universities and defense contractors. The resulting network was called
Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET).
In the beginning, ARPANET was a large network serving only a handful of users, but it
expanded rapidly. Initially, the network included four primary host computers. The Internet
acts as a carrier for several different services, each with its own distinct features and
purposes. The most commonly used Internet services are the World Wide Web, electronic
mail, news, file transfer protocol, chat, instant messaging, online services, and peer-to-peer
services.

